The company had a freight station in downtown Pittsburgh on the north side of Duquesne Way just west of Barbeau Street.
The railway was developed by business partners Russel H. Boggs and Henry Buhl as an adjunct to their department store in Pittsburgh.
Mr. Boggs already had a business relationship with many of the farms between Evans City and Pittsburgh and proposed exchanging the right of way across their land for one dollar, a guaranteed trolley stop and an electricity supply.
This left Ellwood City heading south west and crossed the Beaver River on Koppel Bridge which was built for the purpose.
[5] In 1922 the railway formed the Harmony Short Line Motor Transportation Company to carry freight between Bakerstown, and Butler.
[2] The stub of the Butler Short Line continued to be used by Pittsburgh Railways as the 2 Etna service until closure in 1952.
[citation needed] Car 115 avoided being burnt when the line closed as it had mechanical problems and had been abandoned where it failed.
It became a roadside diner, The Dew Drop Inn, a role it maintained until being extracted from what was now a large restaurant and recovered to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum where it awaits restoration.